My grandfather wrote a successful buck in the early '40s. He passed away about ten years ago, and just recently I've gotten the urge to see if it would be possible to release the book to Project Gutenberg and also maybe do a Librivox recording. How does one go about finding out about who owns copyrights in this kind of situation?
posted on Jul 16, 2008 - 5 answers

If I publish short story / prose under a pen-name online (e.g. on a blog) with appropriate copyright notice in the blog (e.g. (C) [pen-name e-mail address]), would it be enough to protect its copyright until I formally publish it in a (real) book? [more inside]
posted on Apr 9, 2008 - 6 answers

What right do I have to republish software screenshots and promotional material within a critical/academic context? Do I need to get formal permission from the corporations that own & distribute this material? [more inside]
posted on Mar 21, 2008 - 6 answers

Can you help me find the original publisher of the educational short film featuring Rusty the narcoleptic dachsund? [more inside]
posted on Jun 29, 2007 - 4 answers

I'm considering writing a book about game systems in the 80's and would like to be able to include screenshots of many of the games. What do I need to do to be able to include those screenshots without being sued? Does this fall under the copyright law's "fair use"? Does the fact that they are older games make any difference? Apologies if this has been asked before - I couldn't find anything related to publishing game screenshots.
posted on May 4, 2006 - 9 answers

Publishing Filter - what does a particular part of a book's copyright page mean? [more inside]
posted on Apr 16, 2006 - 7 answers

Copyright filter: If I were to use information from someone's commercially published work to provide explanatory footnotes in my own commercially published work, what are the copyright/royalty implications in the context of Canadian and American copyright law? What must I do in addition to referencing the work?
posted on Jan 7, 2006 - 11 answers